Hi TiddlyWikiWizards I think TiddlyWiki should get seriously into the game of templating... This thread:https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki/browse_thread/ thread/b29b12d52932b5e6? tells me sth very important about TiddlyWiki's status - (I think) some things need more attention from developpers...
I've been "fiddling" with TiddlyWiki for a few years now - and I find myself creating templates for almost everything... Fact is that I don't know javascript - therefore everything I do - need some plugin which delivers the needed scripts... I've learnt to use ForEachTiddlerPlugin and I can create lists or tables for (almost) anything I want. Most of the time I create templates from my fETs, which let me reuse them in many different usercases... Fact is that I'm *can't* remember my fET-syntax anyway - so I *have* to keep copies of everything anyway.... Today slices, sections and fields are the containers of data in a TW, however it's not easy to collect and present it in ways that you'd like. I think this is a *very* fundamental problem facing any newbie. Why should they bother to use slices, sections or fields, if they can't retrieve/fetch the data quite easily?.... I think Jon's http://newtimeline.tiddlyspace.com/#TiddlyWikiListPlugin tries to address this problem, however it can't deliver nuanced information based on slices or sections because the core misses the needed granularity via the <<view>> macro.... In other words: The view- macro hasn't been updated to match the current uses of slices, sections or fields... Eric has tried to address most of these problems with his http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.TiddlyTools.com/%23WikifyPlugin and http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.TiddlyTools.com/%23SectionLinksPlugin I'd like to ask Jon to elaborate on the templating options provided by TiddlyWikiListPlugin - However I can't see any point in trying to convince Jon to add features which are not even possible without Eric's plugins.... If they are - I'm not sure that the most basic lists or tables showing slices, sections or fields can be tacled with Jon's and Eric's plugins alone - I don't think so... What about "default text" - when values are missing? - I don't find any solution for this anywhere in the threads... I think this is basic, and should be provided by the core... There's more - however I have to run now ... Cheers Måns Mårtensson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
